Ye Olde Main Stream Media™ knows it is finished and declining even faster since their publicly-exposed agenda in the '04 Election.
You're right, tc: constant pressure will help accelerate their continuing collapse and eventual demise. I, for one, will be dancing in the streets, when their Chapter 11 articles are written and posted here on FR.
Pretty helpful link you provided there.
Not exactly what you asked for, but close.
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